n (1)纸 (substance often made from wood pulp in the form of flat pieces，used for writing and drawing on， covering or wrapping sth with，etc) [U常用于构成合成词]：a piece/sheet of～一张纸;drawing/stencil/toilet/wall/waste/wrapping/writing/tissue～绘图/蜡/手/壁/废/包装/书写/面巾纸;～bag/towel/tiger 纸袋/巾/老虎;～money 纸币;～-back/-chase/-clip/-knife/-mill/-making平装书/追纸戏/纸夹/裁纸刀/造纸厂/造纸;

(2)报纸(newspaper)[C]：Have you read today's～?你看今天的报纸了吗? a morning/evening/daily/Sunday/school～晨/晚/日/星期日/校报;～-boy/-girl男报童/女报童;〖同〗newspaper，daily;

(3)证件(身份证等) (special pieces of paper that show who you are，what you are，etc)[pl]：identification/ship's～s 身份证/船证(照); The police asked to see your～s. 警察要看你的证件。

(4)文件，材料 (written or printed documents)[C]：The important～s were stolen. 那些重要文件被盗。This～gives you title to the property. 这份文件赋予你拥有这笔财产的权利。〖同〗document;

(5) 1)试卷(题) (group of questions for a written examination)[C]：The teacher set us an English examination～. 教师给我们出了一份英语试卷。2)试卷(答卷) (written answers to examination questions)[C]：His～contained no mistakes at all. 他的考卷一个错都没有。

(6)论文 (article or essay，esp on a scholarly subject)[C]： Professor Wise read a～on how to teach English.怀斯教授宣读了一篇如何教英语的论文。He wrote a～on Plato. 他写了一篇论柏拉图的文章。“The Federalist”is a series of～s about the U.S. Constitution. 《联邦主义者》是有关美国宪法的系列论文。〖同〗composition，essay，article;

on paper 1) 以书面形式：I'm extremely glad we're doing this face to face instead of on～. 我很高兴我们能够面对面而不是通过书信来处理这件事。 2)在字面上，在纸上，在理论上：The idea looked good on～， but it never worked out. 这种想法表面上看起来不错，但是永远也行不通。

vt 把壁纸贴在墙上(cover with wallpaper)[T+n]： We're having the dinning-room～ed. 我们正在给饭厅贴壁纸。She～ed the room pink. 她给房间贴上粉色壁纸。

paper over the cracks (in sth) 草率掩饰错误(分歧、困难等)：We can try to～over the cracks in the union by printing a statement declaring our complete unity. 我们可印发一份宣布我们团结一致的声明，来掩盖工会内部分歧的真相。

paper over(v prep)1)贴壁纸覆盖(vt)：A number of stains on the wall were～ed over. 墙上的许多污迹都用壁纸盖上了。2)仓促掩盖(饰)(vt)： Our differences were too wide to～over. 我们的分歧太大，无法掩饰。

→′papery adj 像纸的;′paperweight n 镇纸;′paperwork n 日常文书工作